Average rents of €1723 per month in Kildare are 'not normal' - TD

Sinn Féin TD for Kildare South, Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh has warned that the average rent of €1723 per month in Kildare is “not normal.”

Deputy Ní Raghallaigh was responding to the latest figures published by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), which show that renters in new tenancies in Kildare are now paying 10.5 per cent more compared to last year.

She said that it does not have to be this way and urged the government to listen to Sinn Féin, and cut rents and ban increases for three years.

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Deputy Ní Raghallaigh said: “An average rent of €1723 in Kildare is not normal.

“The latest RTB figures show that rents for new tenants in Kildare rose by 10.5% in the last 12 months and 2.4% for existing tenants. This means that renters in Kildare are now paying more this year in rent because of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. It’s a rip-off.

“Once again, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are making life harder for renters, who now have even higher rents and even greater insecurity. How are regular working people expected to afford these rents? How are they supposed to save for a deposit to buy a home?

“It doesn’t have to be this way. This can be sorted. We need to cut rents and ban increases for three years. We need to give young people a chance.”